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[PATCH 0/3] doc: hosts-service-type: Improve documentation.

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From: Bruno Victal <mirai <at> makinata.eu>
To: 61688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Bruno Victal <mirai <at> makinata.eu>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] doc: hosts-service-type: Improve documentation.
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:37:09 +0000

* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Improve hosts-service-type documentation.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4143488b93..85768a4b60 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -18022,7 +18022,7 @@ Base Services
 
 @defvar hosts-service-type
 Type of the service that populates the entries for (@file{/etc/hosts}).
-This service type can be extended by passing it a list of
+This service type can be @emph{extended} by passing it a list of
 @code{host} records.
 
 @c TRANSLATORS: The domain names below SHOULD NOT be translated.
@@ -18047,10 +18047,11 @@ Base Services
 
 For most setups this is what you want though if you find yourself in
 the situation where you want to change the default entries, you can
-do so in @code{operating-system}.@pxref{operating-system Reference,@code{essential-services}}
+do so in @code{operating-system} via @code{modify-services}
+(@pxref{Service Reference,@code{modify-services}}).
 
-The following example shows how one would unset @var{host-name}
-from being an alias of @code{localhost}.
+The following example shows how to unset @var{host-name} from being an
+alias of @code{localhost}.
 @lisp
 (operating-system
   ;; @dots{}
@@ -18085,9 +18086,9 @@ Base Services
 @end defun
 
 @quotation Note
-The @code{host} data type constructor is @code{%host} though it is
-tiresome to create multiple records with it so in practice the procedure
-@code{host} (which wraps around @code{%host}) is used instead.
+The constructor for the @code{host} record-type is @code{%host} though
+the procedure @code{host} results in more concise definitions when there are
+multiple @code{host} records.
 @end quotation
 @end defvar
 
-- 
2.39.1

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